Interrelated Food-raising System Flashcards
Ants destroy 2
Fruit fly larvae
House fly larvae
Ants keep garden clear of
Debris
Another factor that minimizes insect and disease problem
Correct balance of potash phosphorus in soil in relation to nitrogen
Avoid putting same veggies in same bed each year because
It invites disease
Healthy plant contains _ mix that is unpleasant to insects
An amino acid
A sick plant has _ that attract pests to the feast
An amino acid mix
Microbe diversity good in compost because
They each have different antibiotics
You can encourage presence of birds by moving
Water
You can encourage the presence of birds by planting
Bushes for their protection
You can encourage the presence of birds by planting _ bushes
Sour berry
You can encourage the presence of birds by growing plants that have
Seeds they like to eat
Lady bugs are good because they eat _ and don’t eat _
Pests
Beneficial insects
Lady bugs eat _ insects a day (range)
40-50
Lady bug larvae eat
More than lady bugs
Mantis eat
Everything good and bad
Control caterpillars and gypsy moths
Tachinid flies
Tachinid flies eat
Japanese beetles
The damage done by insects often affects only
A small percentage of edible crops
Place Sardines, garlic juice, fish heads in
Gopher holes
Put dead gophers in
Gopher holes
2 categories of insects
Those that chew and bite plants
Those that suck juices from plants
Caterpillars, flea beetles, potato bugs are _ insects
Chewing/biting
3 chewing/biting insects
Cankerworm
Cutworm
Grasshopper
Deter biting/chewing pests by using (3) spray
Garlic
Onion
Pepper
Sucking insects include (3)
Aphids
Thrips
Squash bug nymphs
Flies and scale insects are _ insects
Sucking
